Summary Of Thank You For Being Late By Thomas Paine

Thomas Friedman, a syndicated journalist for the New York Times, introduced me to Moore’s Law in his book “Thank you for being late”. It's the idea that every year technology's capabilities double, and the cost to attain them halves. He employed it in order to explain how quickly the world is morphing and how people’s innovative ideas are discarded for another in an ever decreasing amount of time. People are having trouble coping with the intensity of newness that is being thrust at them. Many countries have seen dramatic changes, for example, Singapore’s economy has come under a revolution. The average per capita income of a Singaporean was around 50% of the average income of a UK resident. In the succinct span of 50 years, Singaporean’s now have almost double the income of a UK resident. Even despite such volatile times, Thomas Paine’s
One of the first ideas brought up is how such a diverse group with conflicting ideals has come together to form something splendid. The reason that this holds true today is a result of the complexity of the aforementioned melting pot not changing. We still host a wide array of spoken languages, and, consequently, hubbubs of culture have sprung up across the country. Places like Chinatown in New York, Andersonville in Chicago, or Persian Square in California. This shows that diversity is still pervasive around America, however, language is not the sole factor of diversity. America still participates in the slogan “bring us your weak and poor...”. This exemplifies how we don’t recruit a singular type of person, but rather we collect people from every background. It’s through this philosophy, we have garnered great harmony and accord with people of multiple different backgrounds. The diverse America of Thomas Paine’s depiction, is still alive and thriving in such perfect